The tragedy of industrial agriculture is that it takes great care of the objective needs of animals, while neglecting their subjective needs.
What happens if you take a young calf, separate her from her mother, put her in a closed cage, give her food, water and inoculations against diseases, and then, when she is old enough, inseminate her with bull sperm? From an objective perspective, this calf no longer needs either maternal bonding or playmates in order to survive and reproduce. But from a subjective perspective, the calf still feels a very strong urge to bond with her mother and to play with other calves. If these urges are not fulfilled, the calf suffers greatly.
Status:: #wiki/notes/embryo
Plantations:: Agriculture
References:: Sapiens